The most important definition of an actor, the job of the actor, is to serve the writer, not yourself. Way too many actors serve themselves.

The audience, the place youre in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.

I certainly identify with the role of mentor and, to some degree, maybe teacher. I do a lot of work with kids at the Old Vic.

I couldnt imagine something asking as much of me as House Of Cards. Its a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.

Gaming is going into storytelling. It was a new audience.

Sometimes its the crazy people who turn out to be not so crazy.

I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.